Voters can expect several contested races for the upcoming election on Tuesday, April 2. The Bolivar Herald-Free Press would like to keep the community informed by featuring brief profiles for each candidate in the contested Bolivar, Fair Play, and Flemington municipal races and the Bolivar, Fair Play, Halfway, and Marion C. Early school board races. more

The Tri-County Baptist Group will hold its regular Fifth Sunday Service on Sunday, March 31, at Rock Prairie Missionary Baptist Church in Polk County. more

Hickory Grove Missionary Baptist Church and their pastor Dillon Legan, located at 22496 E. 480th Rd, Humansville, will host the Cedar County Fifth Sunday services for March 2024. more

Open Hearts United Methodist Church more

March 31 is the big day and the BH-FP wants to spread the word on your upcoming Easter Events. If you know of an awesome egg hunt or any other hoppin’ gatherings, tell us about them! Information must be received by March 27. Please provide: more

Piddle - to dawdle or putter. Piddling - strolling, puttering, fiddling. more

HeartSong is a group of 13 musicians from Evangel University directed by Dr. Bonnie Jenkins. The group is in its 31 st year and travels nationally and internationally in leading worship and worship concerts. HeartSong also travels in the U.S. having been in all 50 states and leads worship at national Assemblies of God events, District Councils, youth camps, churches, youth rallies, Teen Challenge ministries, and Christian schools. HeartSong is also very active on the Evangel campus leading worship at various functions including University chapel services. more

HeartSong is a group of 13 musicians from Evangel University directed by Dr. Bonnie Jenkins. The group is in its 31 st year and travels nationally and internationally in leading worship and worship concerts. HeartSong also travels in the U.S. having been in all 50 states and leads worship at national Assemblies of God events, District Councils, youth camps, churches, youth rallies, Teen Challenge ministries, and Christian schools. HeartSong is also very active on the Evangel campus leading worship at various functions including University chapel services. more

HeartSong is a group of 13 musicians from Evangel University directed by Dr. Bonnie Jenkins. The group is in its 31st year and travels nationally and internationally in leading worship and worship concerts. HeartSong also travels in the U.S. having been in all 50 states and leads worship at national Assemblies of God events, District Councils, youth camps, churches, youth rallies, Teen Challenge ministries, and Christian schools. HeartSong is also very active on the Evangel campus leading worship at various functions including University chapel services. more

The Tri-County Baptist Group will hold its regular Fifth Sunday Service on Sunday, Dec. 31, at Sentinel Missionary Baptist Church in Polk County. more

The 40th SW MO Spring Forage Conference will be held Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, at the Oasis Hotel and Convention Center, 2546 N. Glenstone Ave., Springfield. more

Boys more

Christmas is over, but let us keep the Christmas story in our hearts all year. more

Many were blessed with a full Christmas dinner, Monday, Dec. 25, at Open Hearts United Methodist Church. It was a time to celebrate the season with family and friends. more

The Bolivar Herald-Free Press invites residents to send their engagement, wedding, baby, and other milestone announcements. more

The Tri-County Baptist Group will hold its regular Fifth Sunday Service on Sunday, Dec. 31, at Sentinel Missionary Baptist Church in Polk County. more

It was an average day when I stepped outside. Neighbors worked in their yards; one raking and one mowing. They didn’t see me. Cars buzzed down the road and I noticed a lack of friendly Midwestern waves. I drove to a convenience store where other customers stood at the pumps to fill their tanks. One guy stared at his phone like a zombie. A woman watched her pump with a grimace as the cost climbed higher and higher. No eye contacts. No words. It was as if I had become invisible. more

The Tri-County Baptist Group will hold its regular Fifth Sunday Service on Sunday, Dec. 31, at Sentinel Missionary Baptist Church in Polk County. more

The Community Blood Center of the Ozarks, the sole supplier of blood, platelets, and plasma to patients at 44 area healthcare facilities, encourages community members to wrap up more

Berean Baptist Church is hosting a special Christmas Eve Candlelight service on Sunday night, Dec. 24, starting at 6:30 p.m. There will be singing, scripture reading and reflection, and of course a celebration of the incarnation of Jesus Christ through candles. Everyone is invited to attend. For more information, go to bbcbolivar.com or contact the church office at 417-326-7758. The church is located at 4450 South Scenic Ave. in Bolivar. more

Santa woke up very early one day more

The Christmas tree is a quintessential part of holiday decor. I remember my mom’s trees were always showpieces; our Victorian-styled house had a coinciding evergreen bejeweled in beautiful white lights and delicate ornaments that took her days to arrange just right. She then got ambitious and decided our lodge-style den needed an equally elaborate tree with bears and moose adorning every branch. One was the fun tree, the other was the fancy tree, but both were always the focal points of our home. more

Berean Baptist Church is hosting a special Christmas Eve Candlelight service on Sunday night, Dec. 24, starting at 6:30 p.m. There will be singing, scripture reading and reflection, and of course a celebration of the incarnation of Jesus Christ through candles. Everyone is invited to attend. For more information, go to bbcbolivar.com or contact the church office at 417-326-7758. The church is located at 4450 South Scenic Ave. in Bolivar. more

The Tri-County Baptist Group will hold its regular Fifth Sunday Service on Sunday, Dec. 31, at Sentinel Missionary Baptist Church in Polk County. more

Psalm 32:7-8 “You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.” more